10 questions
Forty-Niners
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War
Transcontinental Railroad
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War
Homestead Act
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War
Exodusters
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians
Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society
The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture
A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land
Dawes Act
Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians
Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society
The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Ghost Dance
Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians
Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society
The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture
A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battle at which the Sioux, led by Sitting Bull, defeated U.S. Army forces in the Great Plains leading to increased efforts to subdue the Plains Indians
Law that gave each Native American head of household 160 acres of land in order to promote their assimilation into American society
The last major fight in the Indian Wars, ending any organized resistance to reservation life and assimilation to white American culture
A ritual dance performed by some members of the Sioux tribe in an effort bring back the buffalo and return the Native American tribes to their land
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Railroad line that linked the eastern railroad system with California's railroad system
Boarding school opened in 1879 with a mission to "kill the Indian" to "save the Man"
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War
Assimilation
Nickname for a miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush
Name given to the process in which a minority group assumes the behaviors, values, rituals, and beliefs of the dominant culture
Law that allowed any American to claim up to 160 acres on the Great Plains for a $10 filing fee
Name given to the former slaves who migrated from the South to the West following the Civil War